GOBLETS

Decided to do some goblets as Xmas presents. Never having turned these before I have now found they are a fun way to use up some smaller pieces of wood. These are turned from Tasmanian Myrtle, Myrtle Burl, with No 6 from Elm and Blackwood.

Very nice collection of globlets.You mentioned Myrtle wood. Is it the Myrtle wood from the Middle East or another variety growing in Australia. In the US Myrtle wood is usually the California Bay Laurel (Umbellularia californica) and grows on the west coats in the states of (northern) California and Oregon. The Oregon tourist trade use to say Myrtle only grew in Oregon and The Holy Land when in reality they were actually two different trees. The wood in you work does not look like Calif. Bay Laurel.

Thanks for the comments. Answers: Dennis, approx 6” high and 2 1/2” diam, what is a snaps glas?Hunter, yes did some captive rings on some. Les. Wood is Myrtle Beach (Nothefagus cunninghamii) andis native to Tasmania (the Island below Victoria and part of Australia) color ranges from pink, pinky/brown through to dark red with pieces of burl creating exotic patterns.

here in Denmark we have different sized glas to drink of when the table is set up for a nice dinnerparty with fammely or some good freind´s the size are (the big first)

beer (but not for the fine table)redwine (with a food)whitewine(with a food)portwine(with a food)snaps(with a food or withaut)then the wiskey glas

and snaps is a danish national drink that is qiet strong and with drink a lot of it speciel in the chrismasdays when we eat ( I think the name is hering´s in english) and it´s the first on a long list of different dishes that we eat us through

G’day Dennis, Sorry, I wasn’t thinking of Snaps the drink when I asked the question. Would be the right size for Snaps as the bowl is about 2”s deep. When serving in the Australian Navy we were alongside a Dannish warship in Singapore and we did share a bottle or two of Snaps with your guys. Nice to drink but very strong. Comes in long light brown bottles if I remember correct. Thanks for sharing and I hope youand family had a great Christmas in Denmark. You would have snow and we have it hot.

G’day Carl, I did the final sanding with 1200 grit, then while on the lathe polished with a local bees waxproduct and after buffing finished with a coat of clear Estapol (similar to Polyurathene). Thanks for the comments.

Is Snaps, Schnapps? That’s an aperitif here, served in little sippie glasses – a liqueur.Anyhow, the Myrtle: I recently came into a butt-load of Myrtle – upper branches, no trunk. What we have here in So. California is a street tree called Crepe Myrtle. I haven’t turned any yet, as it’s still quite wet (and cracking , horribly_, though I waxed the ends, go figure). But, if it looks anything like this inside, I will be well pleased.